by James Herbert (2004)
Jim True returns from an out-of-body experience to find he has been brutally murdered. Freed from his body, True embarks on a quest to find his killer and discover why and how he has managed to survive. As he closes in on his murderer, True discovers even the people he loved have betrayed him. I wasn't there when I died. I was having one of those out-of-body dreams, the kind where you feel your spirit has left your body and it isn't really a dream. But somebody murdered me while I was away. Mutilated me. Left nothing for me to come back to. Who did it? The serial killer who was terrorizing the whole city? Or someone closer, someone known to me? But I had no enemies. At least, I didn't think I had. Then I began to discover things about myself. Funny what people say about you when they think you're dead. And it's scary when you meet the serial killer, when horror is followed by even greater horror, when your own family is threatened and only you can stop the killings ...
Steve Hayes, David Whitehead
A vicious serial killer haunts the bayous of Louisiana. The only person who can catch him is FBI Agent Kate Palmer. But Kate's specialised work has taken its toll on her and she's facing burnout. Worse still, she's about to rekindle a relationship with the only man she ever loved when the Bayou Butcher strikes again - terrifyingly close to home. For Kate, that makes it personal - it might also be just the thing it takes to break her completely.
Ray Celestin
In a town jammed with voodoo and gangsters, a sense of intoxicating mystery often beckons from the back alleys. But when a real serial killer roams the sultry nights, even the corrupt cops can't see the clues. That is, until a letter from the Axeman himself is published in the newspaper, proclaiming that any home playing jazz music will be spared in his next attack.
Andrew Neiderman
A doctor has finally found the cure for cancer...in the blood of one teenage boy. Will he be able to keep the boy alive and out of the hands of a desperate mobster who will do anything to defeat the cancer that's killing him?
Stephan Pastis
Timmy Failure's detective agency is on the verge of global domination, yet the gods keep throwing him curveballs, like academic probation. The coveted Miracle report is the key to everything, including a good grade. Book #3